A. Majoritarian Systems

Once in leadership roles, women make a difference. But they are underrepresented as voters and in top positions, whether in elected office, the civil service, corporate boardrooms or academia.

UN Women advocates for reforms to ensure women’s fair access to decision-making. The UN Women programmes on leadership and participation provide training for women political candidates to help build their skills, as well as voter and civic education and sensitization campaigns on gender equality. The UN Women works with UN country teams, unions and civil society to ensure that elections uphold women’s rights, including to vote and campaign free from violence. Through the Fund for Gender Equality, the UN Women also supports women’s grass-roots groups and help give women a greater voice on a range of issues.

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan speaks during a mass vaccination campaign against the Covid-19 at the State House in Dar es Salaam, on July 28, 2021

Objectives:

Time Needed After completion of this activity, the participants will be able to:

Know the targets of SDGs’ Goal-5. Get to know why it matters Understand the ILO Convention on the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work Get to know why it matters Know the AU Agenda 2063

1 Hour 30 Minutes

Methodology

Materials Facilitator presentation and group discussion

Flipchart, markers and paper

Targets

(a) End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere;

(b) Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation;

(c) Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation;

(d) Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate;

(e) Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision making in political, economic and public life;